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28.07.2023 12:45 Date: July 28, 2023 Today’s annual Doodle celebrates Peru Independence Day, or Fiestas Patrias! On this day in 1821, Peru declared independence from Spanish colonial rule and became a sovereign nation. The road to freedom was paved with perseverance, camaraderie, and sacrifice. Peruvian patriots started organizing movements to challenge Spanish authority and after years of struggle, the key turning point came with the arrival of José de San Martín of Argentina and Simón Bolívar of Venezuela. The two formed an alliance with Peruvian forces and overcame all odds in Ayacucho. Their victory effectively secured Peru's independence after centuries under Spanish rule. Today, holiday festivities include lively concerts with traditional music and dances, political speeches, celebratory salutes, firework shows, and parades all throughout the nation. Peruvians also enjoy traditional delicacies like anticucho, chicharron, ceviche, and more. Happy Independence Day, Peru! ¡Viva el Perú! Location: Tags:
28.07.2023 02:00 Date: July 28, 2023 Today’s Doodle celebrates the 184th birthday of Belgian educator Isabelle Gatti de Gamond. She is widely considered one of the first feminists in Belgium, and founded the country’s first secondary school for women. Gatti de Gamond was born in Paris on this day in 1839. Her family moved to Brussels when she was five years old. After her mother passed away in 1854, de Gamond sought a job to help provide for her family. She worked as a private tutor for a Polish noble family, which inspired her to learn Ancient Greek, Latin, and philosophy. Upon returning to Brussels, Gatti de Gamond continued her education through government-funded courses and pondered how she could help more women attend school. She founded the journal L'Education de la Femme to share her thoughts with the public. In 1864, Gatti de Gamond partnered with the city council to launch Cours d'Éducation pour jeunes filles—the first systematic courses for secondary female education. The initiative’s independence from the Roman Catholic Church was especially groundbreaking, making it Belgium’s first secular secondary education for girls. Although the press criticized her efforts, Gatti de Gamond’s school was a huge success and added advanced and pre-university sections in 1891. As a testament to how successful the school was, some of the students became the first women in Belgium to attend a university, work in parliament, and become a lawyer. Gatti de Gamond founded many other schools before she retired from her role as an educator in 1899. With hopes of gaining universal adult suffrage, she worked as an activist for the Belgian Labour Party — but eventually left politics when the Labour Party chose to only support men’s right to vote. Gatti de Gamond’s school was renamed the Isabelle Gatti de Gamond Royal Atheneum and is still open today. She wrote the book on Belgium's female education system, and thanks to her efforts, women have and will continue to add pages to her legacy. Happy birthday, Isabelle Gatti de Gamond! Location: Tags:
27.07.2023 15:46 Date: July 27, 2023 Today’s Doodle, illustrated by Mexico-based guest artist , celebrates famous Mexican poet Ramón López Velarde. López Velarde is recognized as the father of Modern Mexican poetry and the national poet of Mexico for his French-influenced, postmodern work and style. On this day in 1917, the magazine that Ramón co-founded, Pegaso, ran its very last issue in Mexico. López Velarde was born on June 15, 1888 in Jerez, Zacatecas. Following in the footsteps of his father, he studied law at the University of San Luis Potosí and started reading modernist poetry while at school. Despite receiving his law degree in 1911, his career was pulled in a different direction. He was invited to write for La Nación, a monthly publication in Mexico City. In 1915, he began writing more personal poems, mostly about the nostalgia he felt about his hometown. A year later, López Velarde published his first book titled La Sangre Devota , which explores the differences between life in the bustling city and the quiet countryside. It was fairly celebrated by the Mexican literary community and opened the door to more poetic opportunities. His most famous work, Zozobra, was published in 1919. The book is heavily ironic and captures the duality of several aspects of López Velarde’s life. The writing is praised for its unpredictability, unorthodox language, word games, and humorous rhymes. In 1920, after a turning point in Mexico’s government, he started writing for two journals named México Moderno and El Maestro. His most famous work, La suave patria, was part of the latter and cemented him as the country’s national poet. Happy birthday, Ramón López Velarde! Guest Artist Q&A with Ale De la Torre Today’s Doodle was illustrated by Mexico-based guest artist . Below, she shares her thoughts behind the making of this Doodle: Q. Why was this topic meaningful to you personally? A: It is important because of the interest that can be generated around the work of Ramón López Velarde, an author who laid the foundation for contemporary poetry in Mexico, the dissemination of Mexican artistic work, and the importance of poetry for human life. Q. What were your first thoughts when you were approached about working on this Doodle? A: I’ve always liked Google’s Doodles and the fact that they’re made by illustrators from all over the world, so I was very excited when I found out that I would make one. As an illustrator, making a Doodle for Google has always been a dream :) I'm so glad I had this opportunity. Q. Did you draw inspiration from anything in particular for this Doodle? A: For this illustration I was inspired by the poetry of Ramón Lopez Velarde, his idea of love, Mexican natural elements, and the concept of duality represented in his work. I made an interpretation of what life was like for him with its luminosity and its darkness through nature. In the illustration, I included dahlias , nopales, a Mexican woodpecker, and hummingbirds. Also, themes around love and women are represented in the Doodle as both were inspirations for his work. Q. What message do you hope people take away from your Doodle? A: I hope we remember the work of this Mexican poet who wrote about everyday life in Mexico and broke from the modernist aesthetics of his time and laid the foundation for contemporary poetry in Mexico. Location: Tags:
25.07.2023 05:00 Date: July 25, 2023 This post includes mentions of the Holocaust, which may be sensitive to some readers. Today’s Doodle honors Dr. Mod Helmy, an Egyptian-German medical doctor who risked his life to rescue Jewish people during the Holocaust. The artwork, illustrated by Berlin-based guest artist , represents his Egyptian and German background and captures his open-hearted nature with his arms outreached around the community. Dr. Helmy was born in Khartoum, Sudan, on this day in 1901 to an Egyptian father and a German mother. He moved to Germany in 1922 to study medicine. After completing his university studies, he completed his specialized training at the Robert Koch Hospital in Berlin. Soon after, as a talented physician, Dr. Helmy was appointed head of the urology department, but his good fortune was short-lived. Adolf Hitler's rise to power in 1933 upended life in Germany. The hospital soon fired all of its Jewish staff, and a few years later, and eventually Helmy, a North African, was subjected to discrimination and persecution by the Nazis and lost his position as well. Dr. Helmy was arrested in 1939 and again in 1940 along with other Egyptian nationals. They released him when he became gravely ill, but he was under strict ruling to report to the police twice a day and as proof that he was unfit for internment. The Nazis further discriminated against Dr. Helmy by barring him from marrying his German fiancée and forcing him to become another doctor’s assistant. Helmy made the most of his limited position to write sick notes that helped innocent people escape hard labor. Although Dr. Helmy was targeted by the Nazis himself, he put his life in even more danger by hiding his Jewish patient, Anna Boros, who would have been deported to a concentration camp. Helmy managed to keep her safely hidden even when he fell under direct police investigation. Dr. Helmy also helped protect Boros’ mother, Julianna; her stepfather, Georg Wehr; and her grandmother, Cecilie Rudnik. Thanks to Dr. Helmy’s bravery, every one of them survived the Holocaust. The Yad Vashem honored Dr. Helmy with the Righteous Among the Nations award in 2013. Guest Artist Q&A with Noa Snir Today’s Doodle was illustrated by Berlin-based guest artist . Below, she shares her thoughts behind the making of this Doodle: Q. Why was this topic meaningful to you personally? A: I found the story of Mod Helmy very moving. I come from a Jewish background, and the thought of individuals outside of the Jewish community risking their lives to help others during WW2 is something that personally gives me hope about humanity. I think Helmy's case is an especially interesting one as he himself suffered persecution due to his background and ethnicity, and that still didn't stop him from helping as many people as he could. It's unfathomable to me, this type of courage and integrity. Q. What were your first thoughts when you were approached about working on this Doodle? A: My first thoughts were actually concerns - how to correctly convey Helmy's story without focusing too much on the difficult times he operated in. I thought the hint of war should exist in the doodle, but it should still communicate hope and strength. I hope I succeeded in doing that. Q. Did you draw inspiration from anything in particular for this Doodle? A: I looked at archive photos and old Egyptian stamps to draw inspiration from. Q. What message do you hope people take away from your Doodle? A: That even in one of the darkest moments in world history, there were truly remarkable people who made acts of extreme courage and solidarity. I think we should all aspire to be the Mod Helmy's of the world, or ask ourselves how we can take example from him in whatever small way we can. Location: , , , , , , , Tags:
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22.07.2023 07:15 Date: July 22, 2023 Get the scoop on Lenka Franulic — today’s Doodle celebrates the first woman formally recognized as a Chilean journalist. On this day in 1908, Franulic was born in Antofagasta to Croatian immigrant parents. Franulic was a pioneer for women from a young age. At her high school, girls were required to take one less year of humanities than boys, and instead use the time to learn housework. At just 15 years old, she wrote to the Ministry of Education and requested that she and a few friends take the sixth year just like their male counterparts. Her request was granted and she attended the boy’s school. This was groundbreaking because this was the first instance of boys and girls sharing a classroom in Chile. She studied English at the University of Chile in Santiago, which prepared her for her first formal journalist job translating articles at Hoy magazine. At another magazine under the same publishing house, Ercilla, she requested to move to the reporting scene. The director was skeptical about a woman reporter, and he tasked her to get an interview with a person who was known for not talking to journalists. Franulic succeeded, and she started to receive more critical and complex tasks. Over the next few years, she became one of the most significant interviewers in the country, talking with local and international politicians — including three Chilean presidents. Having established herself as a journalist, Franulic went on to work as a reporter for radio stations, including Nuevo Mundo, Nacional, Cooperativa, and Agricultura y Minería. She also became director of the magazines Eva and Ercilla, officially proving that women can not only be reporters, but hold leadership roles guiding the work of other journalists. Franulic helped create the Círculo de Periodistas, an organization that worked to make journalism a college degree. In 1953 she co-founded the School of Journalism at the University of Chile, the first in the country. A few years later, she received the National Journalism Award, and since 1963, Chile’s National Association of Women Journalists gives the “Lenka Franulic Award” to a woman journalist with outstanding quality work. She is remembered for her feminist writing and attitude, elevating journalism, and being the first courageous woman to break into the male-dominated industry. Thank you for pushing boundaries, Lenka Franulic! Location: Tags:
21.07.2023 01:30 Date: July 21, 2023 Today’s Doodle celebrates Belgium’s National Day! On this day in 1831, Prince Leopold took a constitutional oath and became the first King of Belgium on the steps of the Church of St. James on Coudenberg. Belgium gained political and cultural independence on October 4th, 1830. The national holiday is celebrated with military parades, air force aerial demonstrations, and free concerts, finished with fireworks. French, Dutch, and German are all spoken in Belgium so — Joyeuse fête nationale, Gelukkige Nationale feestdag, and Alles Gute zum Nationalfeiertag, Belgium! Location: Tags:
20.07.2023 15:15 Date: July 20, 2023 Today’s Doodle honors Colombia’s Independence Day. On this day in 1810, Colombia signed the Act of Revolution and declared freedom from Spanish rule. Columbia’s capital Bogotá is at the center of celebrations. People from across the country gather there to watch vibrant parades, military demonstrations, and historic reenactments. For dinner, families enjoy the national dish of bandeja paisa, which consists of grilled beefsteak, steamed white rice, red beans, fried eggs, sweet plantains, fried pork, and slices of avocado. After feasts, many flock to beaches to watch fireworks light up the night sky. Today’s Doodle artwork features the country’s national plant — a frailejon. There are 47 species of frailejones and they can grow up to 18.5 meters! Happy Independence Day, Colombia! Location: Tags:
19.07.2023 19:30 Date: July 20, 2023 Today’s Doodle celebrates the opening day of the 2023 Women’s World Cup. Every four years, teams from around the world face off in hopes of qualifying for the international tournament, but only 32 get the chance to compete for the trophy. This year’s World Cup is the 9th ever, and the first hosted by Oceanic nations Australia and New Zealand. Good luck to all the national teams competing. The world is watching with flags in their hands and hope in their hearts! Head on over to to learn more about the history of the Women’s World Cup. Want to get in on the action yourself? Google “women’s world cup 2023” on your mobile device to compete with fans in our multiplayer online game. People from around the world can work together to help their favorite team score the most goals. Once a real-life match is set in the World Cup schedule, it will appear in the game menu. Pick the game and team you want to support and work with other fans to score the most virtual GOAAAAALLLLS. When the final buzzer sounds in the real-life match, the virtual match will also end and name a winner! Good luck to all the teams! See you on the pitch. Location: Tags:
18.07.2023 04:30 Date: July 18, 2023 Today’s Doodle celebrates Brazilian footballer Arthur Friedenreich, the first Black person to play professional football in the country. On this day in 1892, he was born in São Paulo to a German immigrant father and an Afro-Brazilian mother. Friedenreich was born just four years after slavery was abolished in Brazil, when football was primarily only available to White players. He was only able to get involved in the sport because of his White father, who had a connection with a soccer club for German immigrants. Friedenreich made his football debut for SC Germânia at 17 years old, and impressed crowds right away with his nimble dribbling. Once he established himself as a solid player, he was able to swap football clubs, honing his skills at each. In just four seasons, he became the top scorer in the São Paulo league with 16 goals — and he’d go on to be the top scorer of the Liga Paulista seven more times. He began playing for the Seleção, the Brazilian National Team, in 1914. In his debut match, Friedenreich lost his two front teeth after a hard slide tackle. He finished the game anyways, earning the nickname “El Tigre” for his fighting spirit, dedication, and agility. In the following years, he played 23 games for his country, becoming the first to score a hat-trick at Copa América. Despite proving many times he had what it took to succeed in football, he had to straighten his hair and powder his skin before games to appear more European. But his usual methods to lighten his skin weren’t enough for Argentina — authorities declared that only White players could attend the 1921 Copa América. The Brazilian president abided by this rule and left Friedenreich off the team, despite his dribbling skills. This instance is widely regarded as a key moment that prompted many people to think about the role racial discrimination plays in sports. Friedenreich is remembered for scoring a rumored 1,329 goals by the time he retired at 43 years old, but scores weren’t meticulously recorded during the time he played. There are ongoing debates on the exact number, but 1,329 would make him the highest goal-scorer in all of football. Regardless, Friedenreich was an impressive and memorable player who changed football for the better. Happy birthday, Arthur Friedenreich! Location: Tags:
16.07.2023 23:30 Date: July 17, 2023 Today’s Doodle celebrates Sudanese composer and oud player Asma Hamza. On this day in 1997, Asma was amongst the winners of the Laylat AlQadr AlKubra music competition in Sudan. This win was a turning point in her career and helped her gain recognition in a male-dominated field. Asma was born in 1932 and loved music while growing up, dreaming of one day becoming a singer. Her vocal cords, however, weren’t equipped to do that safely, so she switched from singing tunes to whistling them. When her father heard her whistle in harmony, he borrowed an oud, similar to a lute but with a thinner neck and no frets, so Asma could practice. She taught herself how to play songs she’d heard on the oud, from her own memory and ear for music. Her father encouraged her musical career from the start, but he was one of few. At that time, it was not socially acceptable for women to create music in Sudan; Asma recalls that the first piece she composed was in secret. As she got older, she composed more melodies for several talented Arab artists and became known as one of the first female composers in Sudan. She also continued perfecting her oud playing and became amongst the first formally trained woman oud player in 1946. Thank you for sharing your musical skills and working towards a more equal world for women, Asma Hamza! Location: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Tags:
16.07.2023 23:30 Date: July 17, 2023 Today’s slideshow Doodle celebrates the 204th birthday of American scientist and women’s rights activist Eunice Newton Foote. Foote was the first person to discover the and its role in the warming of Earth’s climate. Click through today’s Doodle to explore the process of Foote’s scientific discovery! Foote was born on this day in 1819 in Connecticut. She attended the Troy Female Seminary, a school that encouraged students to attend science lectures and participate in chemistry labs. While science became a lifelong passion for Foote, she also dedicated time to campaigning for women’s rights. In 1848, Foote attended the first Woman’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls. She was the fifth signatory of the Declaration of Sentiments—a document that demanded equality for women in social and legal status. At this time, women were widely shunned from the scientific community. Undeterred, Foote conducted experiments on her own. After placing mercury thermometers in glass cylinders, she discovered that the cylinder containing carbon dioxide experienced the most significant heating effect in the sun. Foote was ultimately the first scientist to make the connection between rising carbon dioxide levels and the warming of the atmosphere. After Foote published her findings, she produced her second study on atmospheric static electricity in the journal Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. These were the first two physics studies published by a woman in the US. Around 1856, a male scientist presented her work at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Those discussions led to further experiments which uncovered what is known as the Greenhouse effect—when gasses like carbon dioxide trap heat from the sun, the temperature of Earth’s atmosphere gradually rises. Today, scientists all over the world are advancing climate science thanks to the foundation that Foote laid. Happy Birthday, Eunice Newton Foote! Today on the Google blog, following in the footsteps of Eunce Newton Foote. They’re using new technologies and innovative new approaches to build a more sustainable future, with support from Google.org. Early Doodle Drafts Storyboards Logo sketches Style tests Various cut paper pieces Location: Tags:
16.07.2023 04:15 Date: July 16, 2023 Today’s Doodle celebrates Indian American artist and printmaker Zarina Hashmi, who is widely recognized as one of the most significant artists associated with the minimalist movement. Illustrated by New York-based guest artist , the artwork captures Hashmi’s use of minimalist abstract and geometric shapes to explore concepts of home, displacement, borders, and memory. Hashmi was born on this day in 1937 in the small Indian town of Aligarh. She and her four siblings lived an idyllic life until the partition of India in 1947. This tragic event displaced millions of people, and Zarina's family was forced to flee to Karachi in the newly formed Pakistan. At 21, Hashmi married a young foreign service diplomat and began traveling the world. She spent time in Bangkok, Paris, and Japan, where she became immersed in printmaking and art movements like modernism and abstraction. Hashmi moved to New York City in 1977 and became a strong advocate for women and artists of color. She soon joined the Heresies Collective, a feminist publication that explored the intersection of art, politics, and social justice. She went on to teach at the New York Feminist Art Institute, which provided equal education opportunities for female artists. In 1980, she co-curated an exhibition at A.I.R. Gallery called “Dialectics of Isolation: An Exhibition of Third World Women Artists of the United States.” This groundbreaking exhibition showcased work from diverse artists and provided a space for female artists of color. A part of the Minimalism Art movement, Hashmi became internationally known for her striking woodcuts and intaglio prints that combine semi-abstract images of houses and cities where she had lived. Her work often contained inscriptions in her native Urdu, and geometric elements inspired by the Islamic art. People all over the world continue to contemplate Hashmi’s art in permanent collections at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, among other distinguished galleries. Happy Birthday, Zarina! Early Doodle Drafts Guest Artist Q&A with Tara Anand Today’s Doodle was illustrated by New York-based guest artist . Below, she shares her thoughts behind the making of this Doodle: Q. Why was this topic meaningful to you personally? A: I studied Zarina's work in college and was lucky enough to see her work in person at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad museum in Mumbai. She is such an important and influential figure in Indian modern art history and yet always intrigued me in the way she resisted categorisation: as an Indian artist, as a sculptor, draftsperson or thinker. To me, her work feels focused on truthfully documenting an individual’s experiences and ideas with integrity. Q. What were your first thoughts when you were approached about working on this Doodle? A: Zarina is not the first artist you think of when trying to list artists from the subcontinent and so I was pleasantly surprised and was also honoured to be able to play a role in honouring her legacy. Q. Did you draw inspiration from anything in particular for this Doodle? A: I wanted to pay tribute to Zarina's work. The limited colours, the tactile paper feel and the forms all draw directly from her body of work. Q. What message do you hope people take away from your Doodle? A: I hope that it sparks an interest in Zarina's work! Location: , , , , , , , , Tags:
